Speakers and Agenda Announced for Second Annual Flash Gaming Summit

Premier Flash Gaming Conference Will Highlight Best and Brightest Developers, Designers and Companies in the Flash Gaming Industry

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 9, 2010) - Today, Mochi Media announced the speakers and sessions for the second annual Flash Gaming Summit, to be held March 8 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. The conference aims to bring together the best and brightest developers, designers and companies in the Flash gaming industry to share ideas and have in-depth discussions about new innovations and trends in online gaming. This year's premier sponsor is Adobe, and other sponsors include platinum sponsors FlashGameLicense.com and Palm, Kongregate, Zynga and RockYou.

The conference will also feature the second annual "The Mochis" Flash game awards show recognizing the best Flash games of 2009. Thirty finalists were chosen from hundreds of nominees in a variety of categories such as Best Indie Game, Best Multiplayer Game and Best Strategy Game. Winners will be determined by a panel of expert judges comprised of Eric Eldon (Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games), Dean Takahashi (Venturebeat), Jessica Tams (Casual Games Association), Alexander Shen (Mochi Media) and Jim Greer (Kongregate), and announced at the conference. A complete list of The Mochis finalists can be found at: http://www.flashgamingsummit.com/awards.html.

"The growth we've seen in the Flash gaming industry over the last couple of years has been incredible," said Jameson Hsu, CEO of Mochi Media. "With the introduction of virtual currency, social tools and the always-growing creativity of game developers, 2010 is going to be an exciting year and a great look in to the future of Flash games."

Confirmed speakers include:

Mat & Jon Annal, Nitrome

Atul Bagga, ThinkEquity

Nicolas Cannasse, Motion Twin

Sana Choudary, Traffichoney

John Cooney, Armor Games

Sean Cooper, SeanTCooper.com

Seb Delisle, Plug-In Media

Renaun Erickson, Adobe

Tim Fowers, Gabob, LLC

Ben Garney, Pushbutton Engine

Jim Greer, Kongregate

Chris Hughes, FlashGameLicense.com

Jameson Hsu, Mochi Media

Daniel James, Three Rings

Lars Jornow, King.com

Greg McClanahan, Kongregate

Andy Moore, inXile Entertainment

Colin Northway, Fantastic Contraption

Adam Saltsman, Semi Secret Software

William Stallwood, Cipher Prime

Robin Yang, Candystand

Tian Sian Yue, Rocketbirds

The conference agenda is as follows:

Robertson Auditorium

8:30 a.m

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Keynote

9:00 a.m

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4 Keys to a Successful Social Game That All Game Developers Should Know

10:00 a.m.

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Discussion on Monetizing Flash Games through Virtual Goods Model

11:00 a.m.

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Adobe Tools and Services for Flash Games

1:30 p.m.

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Award Show

2:00 p.m.

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Monetizing Your Game Outside of Sponsorship

3:00 p.m.

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Everything About Sponsorship & Licensing

4:30 p.m

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About Flash Gaming SummitFlash Gaming Summit is a conference focused on fostering the growth and success of the Flash games community. It was established to bring together industry leaders to share industry insights and strategies around game development and the business of making games. Flash Gaming Summit is organized by Mochi Media.

About Mochi MediaMochi Media is the world's largest browser-based games network, with more than 140 million monthly active users and 15,000 games on nearly 40,000 publisher websites. Mochi Media's game development products and services enable developers to track usage analytics, distribute their games to thousands of websites, and monetize global gameplays via micro-transactions and in-game advertising. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME).